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Green Car Congress
JANUARY 27, 2020
majority stake in Berlin-based electricity storage specialist Qinous GmbH. The company is involved in battery storage systems and associated control systems, and has already implemented storage solutions around the world. Batteries Market Background Power Generation Smart Grid
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 25, 2018
A battery, based on electrodes made of sodium and nickel chloride and using thea new type of metal mesh membrane, could be used for grid-scale installations to make intermittent power sources such as wind and solar capable of delivering reliable baseload electricity. A new metal mesh membrane developed by researchers at MIT could advance the use of the Na–NiCl 2 displacement battery, which has eluded widespread adoption owing to the fragility of the ?"-Al Al 2 O 3 membrane.
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Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 29, 2013
Vehicle-To-Building” allows up to six Nissan LEAF EVs to be connected to a building’s power distribution board. Charging is phased during the day so at peak hours, when electricity is most expensive, the building draws power from the cars. reduction of electrical power use during peak hours, a saving of nearly ¥500,000 (US$4,900) per year in electrical power cost (based on current Tokyo Electric Power Company’s rates).
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 13, 2009
Sanyo Li-ion systems for power storage (left) and light electric vehicle (right) applications. The Standard Battery System for Electric Motors (EVB-101) can be used to power light electric vehicles that are in the R&D or small-scale mass production stages. It can also be used as a back-up power source for servers or mobile phone base stations. Standard Battery System for Electric Motors EVB-101 Standard Battery System for Power Storage DCB-101.
InsideEVs
FEBRUARY 7, 2022
Thanks to bi-directional charging, the 30-seat vehicle can serve as a power storage resource when it’s not transporting students
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 31, 2022
BYD introduced its Type A battery-electric school bus that also offers innovative vehicle-to-grid technology, allowing the vehicle to serve as a power storage resource when it’s not transporting students.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 20, 2022
In the approximate six months between the first round in May of last year and the final round in November, engine performance was improved to levels comparable to gasoline engines, with a 24% increase in power output and 33% increase in torque, along with successful control over abnormal combustion.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 4, 2020
The Solaris Urbino 12 hydrogen buses use a set of fuel cells with a power of 70 kW. The bus is also fitted with a Solaris High Power battery acting as an additional electric power storage facility.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 26, 2020
The Urbino 12 hydrogen buses are fueled with power generated by a 70 kW fuel cell. Besides that, the ordered vehicles will be fitted with Solaris High Power battery acting as an additional electric power storage facility.
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 22, 2021
Under the agreement the two companies will explore the implementation of high-volume manufacturing for the Celtec membranes, utilize Advent’s fuel cell stack and system testing facilities to assess and qualify the new Celtec membrane for the Serene (telecom power), M-ZERØ , (methane emissions reduction), and Honey Badger (portable power, defense) Advent product families.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 3, 2021
If hydrogen is collected from renewable sources such as wind and solar power, there are no climate-damaging emissions. Germany has a 511,000-kilometer gas grid and 33 gas storage locations.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 23, 2020
The Solaris hydrogen-powered bus tests will be carried out in the south of Paris. The bus is also fitted with a Solaris High Power battery acting as an additional electric power storage facility.
Green Car Congress
JULY 9, 2020
Now, for the first time ever, we have a chance to test a hydrogen-powered Solaris bus. The Solaris Urbino 12 hydrogen buses use a set of fuel cells with a power of 70 kW. The bus is also fitted with a Solaris High Power battery acting as an additional electric power storage facility.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 1, 2013
BMW Group and Vattenfall have started a new research project on the secondary use of high-voltage EV batteries using batteries from the MINI E and the BMW ActiveE as stationary power storage. The focus of the partners is the use of second-life EV packs for caching power at fast charging stations and solar installations, and also large installations for grid stabilization.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 8, 2014
Sumitomo Corporation has developed and installed the first large-scale power storage system which utilizes used batteries collected from electric vehicles. This commercial scale storage system, built on Yume-shima Island, Osaka, will begin operating in February 2014. The used EV batteries that will be recycled into this large-scale storage system have been recovered and have gone through thorough inspection and maintenance at 4R, to confirm safety and performance.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 26, 2021
Sodium-ion battery technology has an inherent advantage over other power-storage technologies because it uses low-cost materials that are sustainable and widely available.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 3, 2012
China BAK’s battery module is consists of cylindrical cells that can be used in electric vehicles (EVs), electric motors, electric bicycles (e-bikes) and power storage. Additionally, China BAK announced that it has received new orders from its e-bike customers and expects to deliver 12,000 high-power lithium-ion battery units to its e-bike customers by the end of April 2012. China BAK Battery, Inc.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 25, 2021
The evolving smart mobility ecosystem depends on highly efficient and full-coverage power infrastructure. Supporting this supercharging network, XPeng will also launch power storage facilities in both piles and mobile vehicles.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 15, 2022
The disc-shaped major assembly with integrated power electronics and a thickness of eight centimeters has been integrated between the combustion engine and the automatic transmission. Supercapacitors serve as short-term energy storage units.
Electric Auto Association
APRIL 2, 2022
There’s been a lot of talk about electric vehicles (EVs) acting as backup power for homes during blackouts—so much so that Ford is now using the concept as a central component of its marketing campaign for the F-150 Lightning.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 19, 2013
Ultracapacitor manufacturer Ioxus introduced three new modules: the iMOD 16V/500F, 80V/12F and 48V/165F, which all deliver higher power and energy densities as compared with competitive products, according to the company. The iMODTM 16V/500F provides power density up to 95% greater than modules currently on the market. Additionally, the iMODTM 48V/165F has better thermal performance than competitors, leading to long life in high power, high cycle applications.
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 28, 2019
Highview Power Storage, Inc., a provider of long duration energy storage solutions, and Encore Renewable Energy, a developer of renewable energy generation and storage projects, jointly announced plans to develop the United States’ first long-duration, liquid-air energy storage system.
Teslarati
MAY 14, 2021
A few years ago, Tesla teamed up with the Government of South Australia and various energy authorities to build South Australia’s Virtual Power Plant. Today, the Tesla-powered VPP seems to be providing substantial energy security to Australian homes.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 31, 2019
The companies will offer software and services that enable large-scale deployment of smart charging infrastructure and integrate efficiently with advanced energy resources such as solar, wind and power storage. Shell New Energies focuses on two main areas: new fuels for transport, such as advanced biofuels and hydrogen; and power, being involved at almost every stage of the process, from generating electricity, to buying and selling it, to supplying it directly to customers.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 15, 2020
The Solaris Urbino 12 hydrogen buses use a set of fuel cells with a power of 70 kW. The bus is also fitted with a Solaris High Power battery which acts as an additional electric power storage facility.
Teslarati
JUNE 24, 2021
For one, Tesla held an event for its solar-powered charging station with onsite power storage at the Tibetan capital of Lhasa, its first such facility in China. Tesla stock ( NASDAQ:TSLA ) broke out on Wednesday, rising 5.3% and closing at $656.57 per share.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 15, 2015
announced that Continental Automotive Systems’ Maxwell-powered voltage stabilization system (VSS) will be a standard feature on 2016. Battery-based start-stop systems augmented with an ultracapacitor-based voltage stabilization system implementation provide burst power needed to restart the engine, thus reducing high currents and repeated cycling that can shorten battery life. The power electronics between the two are slightly different, noted Mills.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 20, 2010
Lithium-ion batteries using the newly developed cathode material are expected to be used for electrical power storage in wind power generation and other new energy fields, and as industrial power sources for electric-powered construction machinery designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 28, 2018
Exide Industries Ltd, India’s largest manufacturer of lead acid storage batteries and power storage solutions provider, and Switzerland-based Li-ion battery manufacturer Leclanché SA announced a joint venture to build lithium-ion batteries and provide energy storage systems for India’s electric vehicle market and grid-based applications. The JV will focus on e-transport, on stationary energy storage systems and speciality storage markets.
Green Car Congress
JULY 1, 2014
The UK’s Royal Academy of Engineering and Highview Power Storage , the UK-based developer of large-scale long duration Liquid Air Energy Storage (LAES) systems, have teamed up to create and fund a five-year research chair at the research center for Cryogenic Energy Storage at the University of Birmingham to explore the limits of this emerging technology. When power is required, liquid air is drawn from the tanks, pumped to high pressure and heated.
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 19, 2016
Toshiba Corporation will support a two-year study of power management to be done by Tohoku Electric Power Co., Bringing renewable power sources into the electricity grid is accompanied by concerns for the quality and variability of the supply; renewables are subject to fluctuations in output. The H2One system uses renewable energy to produce hydrogen via electrolysis, as well as for charging a battery-based energy storage system.
EV Info
SEPTEMBER 21, 2021
Slashing gas storage facilities. No new nuclear power plants operational. Rush to implement Green Power. Solar also generates a good share of the power generated when the sun shines. No Storage.
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 2, 2015
On the sidelines of the COP21 summit, Carwatt and its partners Renault, Paris City Council, BPI France, the Alès École des Mines Engineering School, and the Bobigny Business Campus are showing a converted Renault Trafic powered by second-life lithium-ion batteries recycled from Renault electric cars. Experiments are already under way on power storage applications, for example.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 30, 2010
California-based electric car and battery company CODA Automotive ( earlier post ), together with its China-based joint venture partner, Lishen Power Battery, has secured $394 million of committed capital. The capital will enable the company to rapidly industrialize the all-electric CODA car’s power system for commercial volume production and support its ability to mass manufacture transportation and utility power storage battery systems.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 3, 2015
Toshiba Corporation will supply a large-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) to Tohoku Electric Power Company’s “Minami-Soma Substation Project to Verify the Improvement of Supply-demand Balance With Large-capacity Power Storage Systems″. Toshiba supplied a 40MW-class BESS to Tohoku Electric Power Company for Nishi-Sendai Project in 2014 to regulate frequency changes caused by power output fluctuations.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 14, 2022
The decisive factor is the power-to-weight ratio. The lightweight design concept of the VISION EQXX is comprehensive—from the materials used to innovative bionic structures that deliver a favorable power-to-weight ratio.
Green Car Congress
JULY 2, 2010
Toshiba positions the SCiB as a new business with promising long term growth potential—and one that is already showing its versatility, as the SCiB has already been selected for an electric bicycle, an electric motorcycle, and as part of the power storage in a microgrid system. Toshiba will produce SCiB for industrial applications, including EV and power storage, at Kashiwazaki Operations, a new facility in Niigata prefecture that is slated to start production in 2011.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 6, 2010
Keio University spin-out ELIIY Power Co., ELIIY plans to market stationary power systems for commercial and residential applications. Once that plant starts up, Eliiy Power will also begin producing and marketing power-storage battery systems for homes.Taking advantage of the economies of scale, the firm will also develop low-cost lithium ion battery systems for electric vehicles. Nikkei.
Wallbox
JANUARY 4, 2021
This turns EV batteries into a source for power storage that can be leveraged to balance energy capacity in your condo. 80% of EV charging takes place at work or home. Naturally, people will choose to plug in their EVs in the places where they spend the most time.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 30, 2012
Corvus’ lithium polymer batteries last up to 10 times longer and have up to 10 times more power and energy storage than lead acid batteries. Seattle-based Foss Maritime introduced the world’s first hybrid tug, the Carolyn Dorothy in January 2009, proving that a hybrid tug can deliver full power and operational capabilities while significantly reducing fuel and emissions and saving on maintenance costs.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 29, 2018
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation has developed a technology for efficiently managing photovoltaic (PV) and other power-generation systems and also the charging/discharging of electric vehicles (EVs) parked on company campuses. Mitsubishi Electric estimates the technology will reduce users’ electric power costs by 5% by optimizing EV charging/discharging schedules. Energy-management system for power generation and power storage.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 13, 2016
The world’s largest 2nd-use battery storage is starting up. The 13 MWh project is now nearing completion after a construction time of just under one year; a total of 1,000 battery systems from second-generation smart fortwo electric drive cars are being grouped into a battery storage in Lünen, Westphalia. The first power units are already in the grid. The 13 MWh battery storage will put its full capacity at the disposal of the German energy market before the end of this year.
Green Car Congress
MAY 16, 2018
In Germany, Mercedes-Benz Cars has eight vehicle and powertrain plants (Bremen, Rastatt, Sindelfingen, Berlin, Hamburg, Kamenz, Kölleda, Stuttgart-Untertürkheim), which either purchase electricity or operate their own power plants. Already existing highly efficient gas CHP systems additionally generate local heat and power at the factories. The measures are supported by efficient control of the electrical power supply. Manufacturing Power Generation Sustainability
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